The importance of small-scale environment factors to community structure patterns of tropical rocky reef fish

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1175-1185

  Pinheiro, Hudson T ^a   Martins, Agnaldo S ^a   Joyeux, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

abundance; assemblages; complexity; depth; exposure; rocky shore

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; REEF; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84880218660     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315412001749     Document Type: Article

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